Ivan Sutherland | |
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Born | Ivan Edward Sutherland May 16, 1938 Hastings, Nebraska, U.S. |
Alma mater | |
Known for | Father of computer graphics Direct linear transformation Interactive computing Sketchpad Zooming user interface Cohen–Sutherland algorithm Sutherland–Hodgman algorithm |
Spouse |
Marly Roncken (m. 2006) |
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Scientific career | |
Fields | Computer science Internet Computer graphics |
Institutions | Harvard University University of Utah Evans and Sutherland California Institute of Technology Carnegie Mellon University Sun Microsystems Portland State University Advanced Research Projects Agency (1964–1966) |
Thesis | Sketchpad, a Man–Machine Graphical Communication System (1963) |
Doctoral advisor | Claude Shannon[2] |
Doctoral students |
Ivan Edward Sutherland (born May 16, 1938)[6] is an American computer scientist and Internet pioneer, widely regarded as a pioneer of computer graphics.[7] His early work in computer graphics as well as his teaching with David C. Evans in that subject at the University of Utah in the 1970s was pioneering in the field. Sutherland, Evans, and their students from that era developed several foundations of modern computer graphics. He received the Turing Award from the Association for Computing Machinery in 1988 for the invention of the Sketchpad, an early predecessor to the sort of graphical user interface that has become ubiquitous in personal computers. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering, as well as the National Academy of Sciences among many other major awards. In 2012, he was awarded the Kyoto Prize in Advanced Technology for "pioneering achievements in the development of computer graphics and interactive interfaces".[8][9]
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